Chemical treatments for removal of drill-in-fluid damage in horizontal-multilateral gas wells: Lab studies and case histories

67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts

Volumn 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2005: The Challenge of Discovery. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2459-2476

  Al Otaibi, M B ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBONATES; DRILLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ENZYME TREATMENT; FILTER CAKE; GAS PRODUCTION;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

EID: 33645130282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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